With his night on Sunday against the Colorado Rapids at home in a Western Conference showdown cut short, midfielder Gabriel Farfan said he was happy for the opportunity to log significant minutes of action the following day in Reserve League play against Colorado.

Farfan was the first of three players to be sent off in a wild League match on Sunday at the StubHub Center that featured three red cards, a penalty kick save, and a final 1-1 draw. The Rojiblancos took the early advantage in the fifth minute, but beginning in the 33rd Farfan was issued a straight red for what the referee deemed as an expulsion-worthy challenge, and the Goats were left trying to hold the lead with 10 men.

In a wild turn of events, the Rapids surrendered their man advantage in the 49th minute after Tony Cascio was booked with his second yellow card of the match which resulted in the forward’s expulsion. The parity was short-lived, however, as Tristan Bowen was showed a straight red of his own just 14 minutes later, which once again left the Red-and-White trying to preserve the lead with a man down. The Goats defended as long as they could as Colorado continued to push numbers forward, but the equalizer eventually came late in the 80th minute. Watching from the locker room, Farfan, in his first season with Chivas, said he was definitely not happy over leaving his teammates a man short.

“Obviously it’s a bad feeling,” said Farfan. “I felt awful to leave them on the field with ten to work ten times harder than they should have. I apologized to each and every one of them after the game. Credit to them for sticking to it and getting a tie even after with nine guys. It was a wild game, sometimes games are like that. MLS games are physical.”

A day after being sent off, Farfan came back to tally a first-half score for the Reserves in their 2-1 loss to Colorado, which allowed the 25-year-old midfielder to get in valuable time on the pitch to maintain game rhythm and condition despite not coming away with the result.

“[The match] was good, we had a young group. A lot of guys had a good run out there. I thought we did well the first 50, 60 minutes, but we let our guard down. I think we should have kept going and tried to get another goal but unfortunately we didn’t get that. They got a rhythm and they took advantage of that. They were pressing us pretty hard and they got two goals back-to-back.”

Regardless of the result, Farfan was able to show good form by linking up with Aaron Ponce inside the box to give his side the initial advantage.

“I saw Ponce make a good run down the line. We made eye contact, he knew I was going to run to the second post and he played a perfect ball to me. I just tried to place it inside the back post and luckily it went in,” said Farfan.

Farfan must now sit out a minimum of one game but he also assured that he would approach the work week just as though he was eligible for selection in Chivas’ next match against FC Dallas on Aug. 21 in what will be the second match of a three-game homestand.